Creating a Matching Question

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To add questions, log on to Blackboard, select your course and click on Control Panel.

In the Control Panel screen, locate Assessment.  The method for adding questions is the same for Tests, Surveys, and the Pool Manager.

See the tutorial Creating a Question Pool so you can create your questions using this tool and then use them over and over again.  Just a reminder to set the Creation Settings also, since there may be questions that you want to add links to. To add a matching question, select Matching from the Add question pull down menu and click on the Go button.

Enter your statement for the question.

Select the appropriate options. You can determine the type of answer numbering that you would like by using the drop down menu, for example, Arabic numerals, Roman numerals, Uppercase letters or Lowercase letters.

Select the number of answers you will need from the number of answers drop down menu and then enter your answers to the questions. Fill in the question item fields in the order the items will be displayed.

Select the number of answer items. Fill in the answer item fields in the order the items will be displayed.

Confirm that all items for both lists are entered and click on Next to finish the question.

You will now need to Assign the correct answer for each question item.  To do this use the pull down menu next to each question and select the letter for the correct match.

Feedback is your opportunity to reinforce correct responses or to give corrective feedback.

Enter Correct Response Feedback.

Incorrect Response Feedback:

When you have finished adding text and assigning the presentation order, click on Submit to add the question.

A new screen appears in the Pool Manager and your ordering question has now been created.

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